ISBN10: 8389450437, ISBN13: 9788389450432, [publisher: MMPBooks April 2007] Softcover Paperback, VG. Excellent copy. Light shelfwear. Pages are clean, unmarked. Binding is solid.
[Petaluma, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 2007]

ISBN10: 8389450437, ISBN13: 9788389450432, [publisher: Mushroom Model Publications, Redbourn] Softcover First Edition 104 pages, 275g. Card covers with small laminate lift from bottom rear edge, FINE. Illustrated with b/w photographs and colour & b/w line drawings with livery details for the modeller, includes pullout 1/72 scale plan at rear. The technical problems involved in developing practical helicopters were studied and largely solved by German designers in the late ‘30s, and the Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine used rotorcraft operationally in a variety of roles during WW2. This book describes the development and use of autogyros and helicopters in Germany up to 1945, plus the postwar use of German machines, and their influence on later helicopter designs, in other countries.
[Ringwood, HAMPS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2007]
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Poland and Redbourn, England Published in Poland by Stratus s.c. fir Mushroom Model Publications 2007 Presumed First Edition, First printing Trade paperback Teodor Liviu Morosanu (Color drawings) and Remi Pi Good The format is approximately 6.5 inches by 9 inches. 104 Pages. Illustrated front and back covers. Illustrations (many with color). Survivors. Bibliography. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ryszard Witkowski was a sailplane and airplane pilot, an aeronautical engineer and one of the first helicopter pilots in Poland. He was a scout, soldier, Righteous Among the Nations, graduate of the Wawelberg and Rotwand Engineering School and the Warsaw University of Technology. He was a researcher and a test pilot at the Institute of Aviation, specializing in rotorcraft technology. He conducted helicopter tests. He set the first world record in Poland in the helicopter category. He was an instructor and lecturer at the University of Technology in Cranfield (Great Britain). He was a court expert and a member of the State Commission for Aircraft Accident Investigation. He cooperated in adapting Polish civil aviation to European and world standards-he also contributed to the adoption of NATO standards in military aviation. He was the author of the textbook "Construction and operation of helicopters", the cross-sectional book "History of helicopters", memoirs and autobiography "Six degrees of freedom" and many scientific, historical and monographic publications about aviation. ...

Poland and Redbourn, England: Published in Poland by Stratus s.c. fir Mushroom Model Publications, Date: 2007. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. Good. Teodor Liviu Morosanu (Color drawings) and Remi Pi. The format is approximately 6.5 inches by 9 inches. 104 Pages. Illustrated front and back covers. Illustrations (many with color). Survivors. Bibliography. Cover has some wear and soiling. Ryszard Witkowski was a sailplane and airplane pilot, an aeronautical engineer and one of the first helicopter pilots in Poland. He was a scout, soldier, Righteous Among the Nations, graduate of the Wawelberg and Rotwand Engineering School and the Warsaw University of Technology. He was a researcher and a test pilot at the Institute of Aviation, specializing in rotorcraft technology. He conducted helicopter tests. He set the first world record in Poland in the helicopter category. He was an instructor and lecturer at the University of Technology in Cranfield (Great Britain). He was a court expert and a member of the State Commission for Aircraft Accident Investigation. He cooperated in adapting Polish civil aviation to European and world standards - he also contributed to the adoption of NATO standards in military aviation. He was the author of the textbook "Construction and operation of helicopters", the cross-sectional book "History of helicopters", memoirs and autobiography "Six degrees of freedom" and many scientific, historical and monographic publications ...

Published by Stratus, Date: 2007. 1st edition.. Paperback. Fine. Fine condition. The development and use of autogyros and helicopters in Germany up to 1945, plus the postwar use of German machines, and their influence on later helicopter designs, in other countries. Mushroom Model Publicatons No. 5109. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w photos and illustrations plus some in colour. 104 pages. 1/72 scale plans loosely inserted. A nice, clean copy. 2007. Published by Stratus ISBN 8389450437 9788389450432 [GB]

Paperback. Very Good. ISBN 8389450437 9788389450432 [GB]